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CHAPTER 1: Introduction Viewing sample scripts 8

see the Creative Suite SDK documentation, which is accessible from within the Flash Builder or Eclipse

Help system when you have installed CSIDE.

ExtendScript features

If you write Illustrator-specific scripts that use the Illustrator JavaScript DOM directly, you will create

ExtendScript files, which are distinguished by the

.jsx extension. Giving your JavaScript files a .jsx

extension (rather than the standard

.js extension for a JavaScript file) allows you to take advantage of

ExtendScript features and tools.

ExtendScript offers all standard JavaScript features, plus a development and debugging environment, the

ExtendScript Toolkit (ESTK). The ESTK is installed with all scriptable Adobe applications, and is the default

editor for JSX files. The ESTK includes an Object Model Viewer that contains complete documentation of

the methods and properties of JavaScript objects. For information on accessing the ESTK and the Object

Model Viewer, see “

Viewing the JavaScript object model” on page 9.

ExtendScript also provides various tools and utilities, including the following:

X A localization utility

X Tools that allow you to combine scripts and direct them to particular applications

X Platform-independent file and folder representation

X Tools for building user interfaces to your scripts

X A messaging framework that allows you to send and receive scripts and data among scripting-enabled

Adobe applications

All of these features are available whether you use the DOM directly with a JSX file, or indirectly through

the ActionScript wrapper library and CSIDE. For details of these and other features, see JavaScript Tools

Guide.

Viewing sample scripts

Adobe provides sample scripts for many objects, properties, and methods in the Illustrator CS5 DOM. You

can view script samples in two locations:

X In the /Scripting/Sample Scripts folder in your Illustrator CS5 installation directory

X In the Adobe Illustrator CS5 scripting reference for your scripting language, which you can download

from http://www.adobe.com/devnet/illustrator/scripting/

Viewing the object model

Each of the supported scripting languages provides a facility for viewing the scripting objects defined by

Illustrator, with reference details.

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